I killed one and captured the second. I saw one yesterday and killed it I thought it looked like a Recluse but was not positive. I saw another one this morning while packing up my daughters closet so I captured it to verify. Now I'm freaked out hahaha Brown Recluse are about the only insect that scare me. We are in the process of moving so I just hope we don't bring any with us.
Two Brown Recluse in the house
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They are just a fact of life in the south. If you think that your house doesn't have them, you are kidding yourself. If you think that you can get rid of them, you are kidding yourself. Learn about them and do what you can to reduce risk.
You can reduce the population by minimizing the food. Keep your house sprayed to reduce the general insect population that they feed on. They can't climb slick surfaces so they are susceptible to getting trapped in things like bath tubs. Check before you step in for a shower. They are night creatures that crawl into a crack when it gets light. Beware when disturbing things that provide nice daytime hiding places for them. You can reduce the likelihood of encountering one in your bed at night by putting a wrap of slick packaging tape around each leg and then making sure that you blankets don't drag on the floor while you are sleeping.
They go dormant at about 63 degrees and wood piles are good places to find them. They wake up in a few seconds when provided warmth so wear gloves and sleeves when bring in fire wood
You can reduce the population by minimizing the food. Keep your house sprayed to reduce the general insect population that they feed on. They can't climb slick surfaces so they are susceptible to getting trapped in things like bath tubs. Check before you step in for a shower. They are night creatures that crawl into a crack when it gets light. Beware when disturbing things that provide nice daytime hiding places for them. You can reduce the likelihood of encountering one in your bed at night by putting a wrap of slick packaging tape around each leg and then making sure that you blankets don't drag on the floor while you are sleeping.
They go dormant at about 63 degrees and wood piles are good places to find them. They wake up in a few seconds when provided warmth so wear gloves and sleeves when bring in fire wood
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And keep your house at 62 degrees
It's exceedingly rare to see BR here. Our inundation is with Widows
- all OVER the (^(*&( place!! And wolf spiders and their cousins
and scorpions
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I killed something like 17 of them last year while cleaning out one of the T-hangars on the airport. Some guy left a bunch of metal and wheel pants and etc stacked in a corner and every time I picked something up a couple ran out. I had a feeling it was going to happen though so I was prepared. Do not like.
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I wish I only had two...two hindered...maybe two thousand is more like it.
Chris buys traps like this and places them along the walls under end tables, beds, dressers, etc:
They work well.
Brown recluses are relatively immune to spraying unless they are directly sprayed, the residual doesn't affect them like it does other insects and spiders. This because they are long legged hairless spiders. The spray can't penetrate the legs' exoskeleton and the recluse holds its body well off of the ground with no hair dragging along to pick up the residual.
Chris buys traps like this and places them along the walls under end tables, beds, dressers, etc:
They work well.
Brown recluses are relatively immune to spraying unless they are directly sprayed, the residual doesn't affect them like it does other insects and spiders. This because they are long legged hairless spiders. The spray can't penetrate the legs' exoskeleton and the recluse holds its body well off of the ground with no hair dragging along to pick up the residual.
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Fortunately, brown recluse bites don't rot a hole in me like they do some people. I'll get a large oozing sore, about the size of a half dollar, but in a few days it's healed up nicely.
On a similar note, the local "news" ran an article the other night about tick bites. They said that you should go to the emergency room if you have a tick stuck to you.
Hah! I'd be heading to the hospital 4 or 5 times a week. It's just part of living in the woods.
On a similar note, the local "news" ran an article the other night about tick bites. They said that you should go to the emergency room if you have a tick stuck to you.
Hah! I'd be heading to the hospital 4 or 5 times a week. It's just part of living in the woods.
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I've been bit by one of those SOBs too and the oozing half dollar lasted for 9 months! Keep strapping on the duct tape! Lol
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Living in the great north west has its advantages.
No killer weather.
No killer insects.
No dangerous animals either.
Did I say it didn't snow last winter.
Today we had 16 hours of bright beautiful clear weather, 75 here at the house, with a light sea breeze.
So we have a mountain that will blow its top once in a billion years.
But I forgot to tell you the down side, we have Seattle.
No killer weather.
No killer insects.
No dangerous animals either.
Did I say it didn't snow last winter.
Today we had 16 hours of bright beautiful clear weather, 75 here at the house, with a light sea breeze.
So we have a mountain that will blow its top once in a billion years.
But I forgot to tell you the down side, we have Seattle.
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Thank God that's one critter we don't have in California (at least that's what I keep reading).
We have lots of Black Widows, though. But they only seem to hang out in the garage, and only along the edges. I've never seen one inside the house or running around out in the open.
I used to kill them when I first moved into this rental house, but now I just let them be as long as they stay to themselves in the garage.
Saw one crawl out of a crack near the garage door once and it freaked me out. The damn thing looked as big as a quarter and it was bouncing around in its web. Yuck.
We have lots of Black Widows, though. But they only seem to hang out in the garage, and only along the edges. I've never seen one inside the house or running around out in the open.
I used to kill them when I first moved into this rental house, but now I just let them be as long as they stay to themselves in the garage.
Saw one crawl out of a crack near the garage door once and it freaked me out. The damn thing looked as big as a quarter and it was bouncing around in its web. Yuck.
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Don't go East. We had Black Widows & scorpions in Ellensburg...
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They do exist in some parts of California, but fortunately, not where a lot of people live. They're out in the southwestern desert area of California. The variety here is smaller too, but just as poisonous. None here in Northern California, just Black Widows.
You guy's pictures and stories of these things in your house is seriously making me reconsider any retirement plans to Florida. I had no idea you had them inside the house so bad!!!
Tape up the legs so they won't climb in bed with you???!! Are you kidding me? How do get any sleep at all?? How many bites a year do get??You guy's pictures and stories of these things in your house is seriously making me reconsider any retirement plans to Florida. I had no idea you had them inside the house so bad!!!
I don't believe that the Brown Recluse is native to Florida.
I live in PA, which is not a native habitat for the Recluse, but we do have tons of wolf spiders, and they can get mighty huge. I was bitten by a tiny one that was hiding inside the finger of a glove, and it was several days before the swelling and numbness were gone. Can't imagine what it's like to be bitten by a larger one, but fortunately, most times they scatter in a hurry. We also have centipedes, which feed on the spiders, but they can also bite. Fortunately, not many sightings of either north of the basement.
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Holy crap, living in the Southeast must be like this....
Well here in the southwest, we have black widows, Arizona brown spider, (about the same as the recluse), centipedes, scorpions, the kissing bug, tarantulas and tarantula hawk wasps, africanized bees, rattlesnakes....hell, everything here either stings or bites you,
You haven't lived until you've been stung by one of these, feels like a tiger bite
The stinger of a female Pepsis grossa can be up to 7 mm (1/3 in) long, and the sting is considered the second most painful insect sting in the world
But it's ok because we don't have ticks, at least not the way we had them in eastern Oklahoma.
You haven't lived until you've been stung by one of these, feels like a tiger bite
The stinger of a female Pepsis grossa can be up to 7 mm (1/3 in) long, and the sting is considered the second most painful insect sting in the world
But it's ok because we don't have ticks, at least not the way we had them in eastern Oklahoma.
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I've never been bitten by anything hiding in a glove, but I thought of that years ago as a possibility, and ever since then before I put on a pair of gloves, I crush and squeeze all the fingers first just in case.
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I grew up in the time period when kids were told that their bites were deadly. Several years ago I was bitten by one and drove 100mph to the emergency room. The attendant handed me a stack of paperwork. "you don't understand, this was a brown recluse!", but she held firm. I filled out the paperwork in record time and was told to sit and wait my turn. I started writing my last will and testament, leaving my bass boat to my son and my beer can collection to my daughter.
An hour and a half later a kid who looked to be about 12 came in, shot in the eye with a bb gun. He was told to take his turn. When the nurse finally called my name I told them to take him first. It was another half hour before someone could finally see me. The doc took a look and was more worried about my weight and blood pressure than the spider bite.
"We used to cut these out to get the poison out, but it falls off anyway, and we discovered that it heals faster and with less scarring for it to occur naturally."
"So you do nothing?"
"Nothing."
Well, they didn't do nothing. They did manage to bill me almost a thousand dollars.
Now I'm wondering whether what mom told me about copperhead bites is true.
An hour and a half later a kid who looked to be about 12 came in, shot in the eye with a bb gun. He was told to take his turn. When the nurse finally called my name I told them to take him first. It was another half hour before someone could finally see me. The doc took a look and was more worried about my weight and blood pressure than the spider bite.
"We used to cut these out to get the poison out, but it falls off anyway, and we discovered that it heals faster and with less scarring for it to occur naturally."
"So you do nothing?"
"Nothing."
Well, they didn't do nothing. They did manage to bill me almost a thousand dollars.
Now I'm wondering whether what mom told me about copperhead bites is true.
I did on that pair, too, but obviously not well enough. The gloves in question were heavy leather-palmed work gloves, and I had previously used them to spread hardwood mulch, so I initially assumed that a large splinter had dropped inside and speared me right in the finger tip as I put them on. After the incident, I filled them with water and a tiny (and I mean tiny) wolf spider washed out. Ever since then, gloves are well-crushed before I put them on.
At least wolf spiders are typically ground dwellers, and I don't store gloves on the ground. If I lived where recluses or widows or similar were common, I think I'd keep my gloves in a sealed container between uses.
Although I generally leave it be when it's not in the way, I am not a big fan of the spider.
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I've got birds in my yard smaller than that thing!! I think I'd use a shotgun instead of bug spray if they showed up at my house!!
Well here in the southwest, we have black widows, Arizona brown spider, (about the same as the recluse), centipedes, scorpions, the kissing bug, tarantulas and tarantula hawk wasps, africanized bees, rattlesnakes....hell, everything here either stings or bites you,
You haven't lived until you've been stung by one of these, feels like a tiger bite
The stinger of a female Pepsis grossa can be up to 7 mm (1/3 in) long, and the sting is considered the second most painful insect sting in the world
But it's ok because we don't have ticks, at least not the way we had them in eastern Oklahoma.
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Yep. Keep them in zip lock baggies.
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Not sure why the bite affected you in such a manner...I'm pretty sure there are only two poisonous spiders in the US; the brown recluse and the black widow.